перевірка навичок читання "Honesty is the best policy "

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1.Read the text.

               HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

   Once a poor woodman went to the wood  which was on the bank of a deep river.   

He was working  all day long and got tired .Suddenly his axe slipped from  his hand and fell into the water.

   “Oh! I have lost my axe,” he cried.”   I have nothing to earn my living with! What shall I do ?The river is very deep and I am afraid to dive into it .Who can help me ?’’

   Mercury heard the poor man’s  and cries and appeared before him.

“What is the matter, poor woodman? He asked .”Why are you so sad and unhappy ?

The woodman told him his story and Mercury promised to help him. He dived into the river and brought up a golden axe. ”Is it yours ?’’ he asked.

   “No, that is not mine,” answered the woodman.    

   Mercury dived again and this time brought up a silver axe .

   “Is it your ?” he asked, and the woodman again answered “No.”

   So Mercury dived a third time and this time brought up the axe that had slipped from the woodman’s hand.” That is my axe,” cried the man. “Now I can work again .”

   Mercury was so pleased with the woodman’s honesty that he made him a present of the other two axes and disappeared before he  could even say “ Thank you .”

   Pleased with his good luck the woodman went home .He told his friends all about it  and one of them decided to try his luck. So he went to the same place, dropped his  axe into the water and cried : “Oh ! I have lost my axe. I have nothing to earn my living with !What shall I do ?Who can help me ?

   Mercury appeared as before  ,and  having learnt the man’s story he dived into the river. Again he  brought up a golden axe. ”Is it your ? “he asked.

   “Yes, it is, “said the second  woodman .” “You are not telling me the truth”, said Mercury   ,”that’s why you’ll neither have this axe nor the one that you so foolishly dropped into the water.”   
                          1 variant 

     1.  Fill in the correct word .

1.One day a poor …..went to the wood.

2.That wood was on the bank of a …..river.

3.The woodman worked much and …..tired.

4……axe slipped from his hand and…..into water.

5.”I  have…..my axe,” he cried..” I have nothing to…..my living with !”

6.Suddenly Mercury…..before him.

     2.Answer the following questions.

1.Who went to the wood  ?

2.Where was this wood ?

3.What slipped   from his hand ?

4.Had he anything to earn his living with ?

6.Why was he afraid to dive into the forest ?

                  2 variant

         1.Fill in the correct word.

1.The woodman told Mercury his…..

2..Mercury promised to …..him.

3.Mercury…..into the river and brought up a…..axe.

4.Three times he dived…..the river.

5.When Mercury brought up the woodman’s axe he took it ,saying :”Now I can work….. .”

6.Mercury was….with his…..and made him a present of the other two axes.

        2.Answer the following questions.

1.Who heard the woodman’s cries and appeared before him ?

2.What did Mercury ask ?

3.Did the woodman tell him his story ?

4.What did Mercury do then ?

5.How many times did Mercury dive?

6.What axe the woodman take ?